Hot summer nights with slugs (Swiss Press Text 2021, by Stefan Keller) - Swiss Press Award

Die Wochenzeitung WOZ

Stefan Keller

Using the example of the tiger slug and the black slug, which today are considered more useful snails, I attempted to portray the human struggle against these "vermin" as part of cultural history: "A large part of our plant food would never reach the table without the constant war of annihilation against snails and many other creatures."